OddlyPacific
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That’s a Prius
Maybe we should have prevented this from happening again after it happened in 1970 and 1998.
Jan 10, 2023 12:28 AM
OddlyPacific
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That’s a Prius
Maybe we should have prevented this from happening again after it happened in 1970 and 1998.
NirvanaNik
Someone left their white hula hoop out in the rain.
Seyleigh
I'm so glad my car stalled yesterday morning! Otherwise the 101 would have been blocked when I would have tried to come home from work.
Darjanator
Is the white hoola hoop ok?
HelgaVanBurren
This is why we shouldn't take the forests, Donald
Herfloness
In this case, we were supposed to rake our riverbeds, duh/s
PinkEater
Was it '98? It rained for weeks. And it wasn't a light drizzle. Crazy.
VibratingNipples
it happening now, wave after wave over for the next few weeks. Already a week in
OregonFlyer
Ah yes, the Scubaru in its natural environment
OrphicMistake
A rare occasion where a circle actually drew the eye to relevant information
DanCutter
My hometown! I was just there last week.
Emuc64
Crazy. Hope everyone you know there, is safe.
DanCutter
Thank you. On New Year’s Eve we were watching the creek that runs between Lincoln St. and Santa Rosa rising rapidly, but then this week… ?
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
fixed it
hijindc
Fixed it some more
Exoch
Mooooore
seanmccorkle
A prius? I thought it was a Loch Ness monster sighting.
kaijuuGold
shoulda bought a scubaru
anr69
Just put it in a bag of rice. It'll be as good as new.
HannibalLectersCatMittens
Oh shit! A fellow SLO person
Rascael
look at all that "waterfront" property...
OddlyPacific
Now we have to deal with the Coastal Commission!
DUDEWHOA
We still get to go to work and still have to pay 5k rent
pr3viso
Everyone likes valleys. Until it rains. Valleys are the places where flood sediments settle. And water.
IWouldLikeToGetOffThisRideNowPlease
Jesus eff. I live in Santa Maria and got a few emergency notices about flash floods today. Hope that person has insurance
ThorGodOfHammerz
I’m not sure I’d call it “light” rain.
bluedanedame
agreed - we got 6 inches in 6 hours. Def not “light”
bippityboppitybuttsex
Wait till 2042, we will definitely fix it then...
sirazrael20007
We got hit in 2021, after a once in a hundred year flood in 1994. And good chance it will happen again. Weather always wins
ProfessorMatt
What happens to a Prius when it gets drowned like that? Does the battery short out all at once?
OddlyPacific
They usually get sold on eBay with a salvage title
pixelsnader
Nah. Bases on previous floods, you'll probably be fine till 2042. It's someone else's problem by then..
TK421isAFK
Coming from another Prius-heavy town in California, I'll bet that Prius driver tried to drive across the water.
OddlyPacific
She was parked there for work and the street was underwater before she had a chance to leave
TK421isAFK
You're no fun.
AwesomeBorderCollies
San Luis Obispo - The Middle Kingdom. Not the Bay and not LA. Fantastic place to live.
mickey2bags
shhh dont tell them about our secret spot
PandAnomoly
The purple sand beach down by Carmel by the sea is an even more secret spot too. Lovely place!
hesbeginningtobelieve
I was just camping in San Simeon. You guys got lotsa rain!
OddlyPacific
Did you see the large house of art and taste the strong juice?
hesbeginningtobelieve
… the large house of art?
OddlyPacific
Hearst Castle
hesbeginningtobelieve
Ahhhh. I’ve actually never been there, even thought I’ve been in the area many many times. I will have to go someday!
hesbeginningtobelieve
Wasn’t sure what you meant.. I thought maybe the Madonna Inn lol
dumasaphobic
Evil evil man Hearst was.
harrison100012
Let's stop building on histiric floodplains
CanuckleheadChick
What's with the hula hoop?
ToasterDent
You know... for kids!
OddlyPacific
It’s always been there and nobody talks about it.
CanuckleheadChick
An enigma.
VibratingNipples
at least you guys finally got the much needed rain, so win win
OddlyPacific
Maybe the ground will learn how to soak it up again.
VibratingNipples
kinda to late for that. the middle valley already dropped like 20 feet. it would be impossible to put that water back in
QuickLighting53
Nah, the ground doesn't soak up anything really after such a long drought. You need slow, sustained rain over a long period. 1/2...
QuickLighting53
Downpours like this help fill lakes nicely though. Unfortunately this rain is almost all along the coast and not where it needs to be.
KodiakDDS
I love San Luis Obispo, here's a fun fact: Some people pronounce it "Paso Robles" but it's actually pronounced "Paso Robles"
ProfessorMatt
SLO town!
potatoqueen
When I heard how it was pronounced on a local radio station I was unreasonably angry
cactus512
In Fresno, we call it PASS Oh ROW Bowls.
ScarletEmerald
Is that not how it's pronounced?
CeruleanSky1988
i mean Paso Robles is in SLO county. hell i couldn't even get into Morro Bay yesterday cos every road was flooded...
TypeUserName
Yup. North Morro was completely cut off from downtown. My neighbors got stuck and had to get a room 2 mile from there home.
CeruleanSky1988
i kept having to reroute my deliveries today in Paso... it was so crazy. i haven't seen the river like that in 20 years...
ToasterDent
OddlyPacific
El Paso de Robles. That’s Spanish for the Paso of Robles!
filton2018
I've heard you can get Sopa Del Dia there.
jswhat
Had to evacuate from my apartment in downtown SLO up to Paso Robles this morning! Hoping to get back home tomorrow
laughoutloud74
Is this in California? My mother in law is German and when she talks about where my brother in law live it sounds like this, maybe...
SeeJenJen
Yes, San Luis Obispo, California. Right in the middle of the west coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
dumasaphobic
I'm from there. We pronounced it "Paso Robles"
KodiakDDS
I can see that.
Frederf
You fool!
GBMaker
Well, yeah, but that would mean finding out who was redirecting funds for storm drain maintenance.
zHurk777
There's no easy way to direct that much flooding.
OddlyPacific
But this town is too small to be corrupt! /s
MrStealUrMeme
I grew up outside a town of 1,400 people. There was big embezzlement bust at the co-op, and the heroin ring being ran from the funeral home.
dart223
The whole damned infrastructure here needs that look
TK421isAFK
It's not that. The drought has caused a tremendous amount of foliage damage, and the massive rain washed it all down hills and off fields.
SpaceSpeed
I saw we straighten the rivers, put houses and roads in historic flood plains, make sure all run-off goes to the sewers, and call it a day
SpaceSpeed
*say, pfffff. Why no edit button?
OddlyPacific
As long as the levy on our city’s side is a few feet taller than the other side’s
SpaceSpeed
Now you're thinking with portals! No, not portals... what's the other thing? Local bureaucracy, yeah, that's it!